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  • Starbucks' nationwide bias training will use iPads

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    nunzy said:
    This makes sense. Starbucks knows quality. They sell the world's best coffee, and so they need the worlds best technology.
    You are kidding, right? World’s best coffee? That crap can’t even be called coffee. 
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  • Apple's Mac mini now inexcusably getting trounced by cheap Intel hardware

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    macxpress said:
    macxpress said:
    Oh boy...here we go! Continuous bitching about the Mac mini. I doubt most here are gonna buy one anyways. 
    Well, that was the most arrogant comment I’ve seen in a while. “Here we go”? Are you one of those who without any basis in fact, dump on AI writers and commenters with a legitimate criticism of Apple? Or are you merely a troll? I rarely see “bitching” on the MM in this forum so your comment has NO basis in fact. 
    Its not arrogant at all. I've been reading and participating in forums since around 2000'ish and its always been the same...except its gotten worse and worse over the years. In my experience, everyone wants to complain about something not being available, but the fact of the matter is that they're not going to buy one anyways so why do they care? As with most people in today's society, we just want something to complain about. We went round and round with this about the Mac Pro with the same results. When/If a Mac mini is released it will be yet more complaining because everyone has their own idea of what they want in a Mac mini and think Apple should design a Mac around their needs because you and few co-workers need this which apparently means the entire Mac user base wants it. 

    If you don't see constant bitching about the Mac mini then you're not paying attention to these forums. Every single thread about Tim Cook or the Mac turns into this Mac mini argument. Its non-stop! I feel some constantly treat Tim so unfairly and its getting really old. If anyone here, anyone thinks Tim Cook was supposed to be a Steve Jobs clone then they might as well just quit and go buy different product without an Apple logo on it. This was never going to be the case. Steve knew it, Tim knew it and so did a lot of other people. Its just the fact that there's this continuous whining about how Apple isn't doing this and Apple isn't doing that and when Steve was here everything was perfect at Apple which was completely and utterly not true. Maybe its just because Apple is large now so some here (and other forums) weren't around to see what Apple was like when Steve was CEO of Apple, but let me tell you it wasn't all roses. We had these exact same periods of shit not getting upgraded or released. MANY delays! Then when it was, sometimes it wasn't really worth the wait. I think a lot of people have this fairy tale version of Apple back in the day and it just wasn't there. 
    First off, you don't have to feel sorry for Tim. Tim is doing just fine and is on top of the world. Secondly, Mac Mini bitching is not as much about Mac Mini as it is about Tim gradually and deliberately dismantling what at one point was known as the "Apple's ecosystem". Mac Mini is just one brick in that wall. Thirdly, this forum is based in the US, and in the US there's such a thing as First Amendment, which grants anyone and everyone the freedom of expression. And, lastly, those of us who are Apple shareholders have a natural right to criticize the course that the current leadership of Apple is taking. Take it or leave it. You don't have to agree with everything you read, and by the same token, I don't have to adjust my opinion to be in line with your fanboy party line. 
    cgWerks

  • Apple's Mac mini now inexcusably getting trounced by cheap Intel hardware

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    dewme said:
    sirozha said:
    dcgoo said:
    The NUC is also a solid platform for VMWare ESXi.  I installed ESXi on a Mac Mini once, but quickly became frustrated and took it off. 

    Add to that the demise of OSX Server, I think the handwriting is on the wall for the Mini. Too bad IMO
    I have a 2012 i7 quad core Mac Mini, which I used as the ESXi host at one point, but it's now sitting on my desk powered down. I also have a Skull Canyon NUC being used as an ESXi host. The NUC is running 12 VMs concurrently (with 32 GB of RAM installed). It boots ESXi off my NAS' LUN and all the VMs are hosted on the NAS LUNs as well. The NAS has an option to back up the LUNs, so it's a pretty sweet setup. The NUC has no internal storage at all - all the storage is on the NAS.  
    Yep, a very good use case for showing the NUC's usefulness but also a prime example of why Apple isn't losing any sleep over the Mini. Can you imagine Tim Cook getting up on stage during a keynote and trying to generate excitement and buzz around Apple launching a sexy new Mini to serve as an ESXi host to run multiple VMs, most of which are likely Linux based? This is simply not a market that Apple has decided to compete in. Based on Apple's revenue and bottom line numbers the lack of an updated Mini is costing them less-than-noise losses. Not "nothing" but indiscernible from nothing. Whatever Apple decides to do with a new Mini it has to fit into their portfolio, which is largely consumer, education, entertainment, creativity, etc. Maybe the Apple-IBM partnership could come up with interesting applications for a Mini, but why bother when blade server based platforms are already filling the needs of businesses and Apple doesn't have the domain expertise on the hardware side. 
    I agree. There is no reason for them to continue the Mac Mini line from the profits perspective. From the ecosystem perspective, it makes all the sense in the world, but Tim Cook couldn't care less about the ecosystem. All he wants is to maximize profits. 

    Frankly, IMHO, Apple has all but abandoned the personal computer segment, having realized that most people don't really need computers at home anymore. Windows will be resurgent in the PC segment, while Apple will hold onto their current market share with tablets and iPhones. The once anticipated expansion of Macs in the workplace barely materialized before Tim decided that Macs were not worth Apple's time. One can see this by how much space is dedicated to Macs in Apple stores. Barely a couple tables. 
    cgWerks

  • Apple's Mac mini now inexcusably getting trounced by cheap Intel hardware

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    mrhooper said:
    Apple's Mac Mini was poorly conceived and poorly executed. It was never meant to be a media center pc. It was meant as a cheap introduction to the Apple OS with a bring your own keyboard/monitor philosophy to appeal to Windows converts.
    Even later in the life cycle with many users use sing the hdmi on their main tv, no change was made to better gpu options. 
    The mac mini should be reborn with the capability to stream 4k content and designed to appeal to cord cutters who only sometimes need a "computer". Apple thinks that the appletv fills this purpose so it probably won't happen. 
    Why? Use Apple TV for that. If you want to stream from a local source, use iTunes or Plex client on Apple TV. 
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  • Apple Watch credited with saving another life after user suffers a ruptured ulcer

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    Soli said:
    In this case, I think the oral and anal bleeding were the biggest warning signs.
    No way. It was the Apple Watch. The article says so. 
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